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B. C. FRAZIER.

COUNT'ERBALANCING HOOK.

APPLlATloN FILED MAR. 2|. |919.

1,313,807. Patented Aug. 19,1919.

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Be it known that vI, BERT citizen of the United States, i Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and t v `State of Kansas, have invented certain new y, and useful Improvements in Counterba1anc- .y n ing-Hooks; and'I do hereby declare the fol- 1 lowing' to be a full, clear, and exact de- Q scription of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it ap- :ipertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referfence marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. i This invention relates to new and useful improvements in hooks for supporting fp bunches of bananasand consists of a simple v n and efIicient device lof this nature so ar- 1 1 20 `ranged that a loop of cord tied to the bunch ,of `bananas may be easily removed as the l `lweightof the bunch is relieved from the hook. y p A l My invention consists of a simple and t `leilicient device of this charafcter, having f various details of construction, combination and" arrangement ofjparts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying `drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

I lillustrate my invention in the accom- Qpanying drawings which, with the letters of .11,1, :reference 'marked thereon, form this application and in which: t Figure 1 is a View showing the loop about to be connected to the hoo n f1', ,Fig. 2 isha view showing the bananas supported by thehook. y Fig. 3 is a detail'view'showing the mannegl of disconnecting the loop from the hook, an n n @Fi 4 is a detail perspective of the weig ted hook.y n l jReference now being had to the details 'of the drawings by letter: f A designates a screw, which is adapted to be screwedinto the ceiling of a room or other suitable place, and has an eye B at one end. i Aryhook Chas its end D bent slightly A"150v laterally in order to facilitate the catching C. FnAzmR, residing c at Speciication of Letters Patent.

Application led March 21,

a part of` f7? g UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE. I

i. i BERT CYRUS FRAZIER, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

1919. Serial No. 284.055.

of the loop E over the same and which loop is attached to a bunch of bananas F, or other` object to be supported thereby. The shank` portion of the hook as shown clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawings, is twisted to form a coil H which is pivotally-` mounted inthe eye B and is thence bent forward and upon itself,

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

forming 'the counterweighted portion K,

which will overbalance the hook and when weighted is relieved from the hook and the latter will turn to the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings and be automatically released from the hook E.

In connecting the loop, the latter is caught A over the hook in the manner shown in Fig. l of the drawings and the hook tilted under the weight of the object to be supported, and as the hook tilts down, the laterally eX- tending ends of said hook will cause the hook to engage the loop in the manner shown in Fig. 2. When it is desired to release the loop from the hook it may be automatically done by relieving the hook of the weight of the object being supported, the said hook being caused to tilt to the position shown in Fig. `3 of the drawings,

by reason .of the tion K.

What I claim to be new is:

A counterbalance hook for supporting bunches of bananas, etc., comprising a wire counter balancing por- Vwhich is bent at right angles forming an eye at the angled portion thereof, one end serving as a counter weight, the other end bent tok form a hook the end of which is laterally curved, said hook normally held inverted by the counterbalanced end, and over which a loop, adapted to support an object, is caught, the weight of the article being supported by and adapted to tilt the hook and the laterally curved end thereof to automatically catch into the loop as it n swings down to its lowest limit.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

p p BERT CYRUS FRAZIER. Witnesses:

W. G. BLACKBURN, B. W. BIILINGSLEY.

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